Position: Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Jenny McAllister is Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Jenny McAllister claimed $950,296 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026, the 2025–26 financial year), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 40th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $312,429. Largest categories: Employee Travel ($489,998); Office Facilities ($281,951); Office Administration ($70,765). Includes family and nominee travel, as in IPEA's own totals.
How these figures differ from IPEA’s
IPEA reports claims quarter by quarter. Political Gadgets adds up the latest four reported quarters to smooth one-off spikes (an election period, an overseas trip), then compares each parliamentarian with the median of all 224 and, for House members, with similar groups. The underlying data is IPEA’s; IPEA is the authoritative source. See IPEA’s Background on Expenditure Reporting.
Comparisons to similar groups
Cluster
Members
Cluster median (last 4 quarters)
This total vs the median
Position: Minister (cabinet or outer ministry)
8
$1,365,453
$415,157 below this group's median of $1,365,453
State: NSW
12
$584,453
$365,843 above this group's median of $584,453
Senators are grouped by state or territory and by the highest office they hold (minister, assistant minister, presiding officer, opposition leadership, shadow minister, shadow assistant minister, party leadership, whip, or backbencher); medians use the same rolling four-quarter totals as the headline figure, including family and nominee travel. Clusters with a single member are not shown. Ministry and shadow-ministry roles are from the Parliamentary Handbook.
Jenny McAllister's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Employee Travel – Jenny McAllister, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$489,998
$114,932
$375,066 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$489,998
Office Facilities – Jenny McAllister, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$281,951
$183,185
$98,766 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$281,951
Office Administration – Jenny McAllister, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$70,765
$221,473
$150,708 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$63,847
Office Consumables and Services
$6,332
Publications
$586
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jenny McAllister, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$47,256
$43,715
$3,541 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$47,256
Travel Allowance – Jenny McAllister, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$31,846
$31,310
$536 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$31,846
Other Car Costs – Jenny McAllister, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$26,859
$27,108
$249 below the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$15,556
COMCAR
$11,303
Telecommunications – Jenny McAllister, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,593
$2,701
$1,108 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,593
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jenny McAllister, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$42
$378
$336 below the median of $378
Official Duties
$42
International Travel – Jenny McAllister, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
-$14
$0
$14 below the median of $0
Ministerial Visits
-$14
Total across all periods: $4,957,387 (1 Jan 2018 – 30 Jun 2026, 34 quarters)
Refunds and credits are netted off. Category names from earlier reporting formats are matched to their current names. Explore quarter by quarter.
Employee Travel – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$1,815,056
Domestic Travel
$1,709,623
International Travel
$105,434
Office Facilities – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,528,632
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,528,632
Office Administration – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$583,722
Printing and Communications
$499,306
Office Consumables and Services
$63,260
Publications
$21,156
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$330,107
Fares
$330,107
Travel Allowance – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$254,011
Travel Allowance
$252,139
Cancelled Accommodation
$1,872
Other Car Costs – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$187,332
Private-Plated Vehicle
$93,978
COMCAR
$93,276
Parking
$78
International Travel – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$184,765
Ministerial Visits
$139,085
Parliamentary Delegations
$45,680
Telecommunications – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$47,050
Telecommunications - Usage
$39,189
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$7,861
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$26,313
Official Duties
$16,086
Parliamentary Duties
$6,975
Special Charter
$3,007
Electorate Duties
$245
Family or Nominee Travel – Jenny McAllister, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$398
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$398
What’s included in these figures
The total for Jenny McAllister is the sum of all expenses charged to Jenny McAllister’s parliamentary office and
reported by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) over the 2025–26 financial year: travel,
office facilities and administration, vehicles, communications and other categories. Refunds and credits
are netted off, so a category can be negative. Family and nominee travel is included, as in
IPEA’s own headline total for a parliamentarian: those claims are attributed to the parliamentarian who made them and shown as their own category,
“Family or Nominee Travel”.
Method and data source
Quarterly claims are taken from IPEA’s open data on
data.gov.au (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia), current to the IPEA release of 2 Sep 2026.
Totals cover the four most recent reported quarters; the median and rank are calculated across all
sitting parliamentarians with claims in the same window. Earlier category names are matched to current ones.
Figures are compiled from IPEA data; IPEA is the authoritative source. Page generated 2026-10-23.
Political Gadgets’ compilation is licensed
CC BY-NC 4.0.
Frequently asked questions
Why four quarters instead of one?
Jenny McAllister’s four-quarter total of $950,296 (1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026) smooths out one-off quarters such as an election period or an overseas trip. The latest single quarter (Apr–Jun 2026) was $312,429, against an average of $237,574 a quarter across the window.
What is the median and how is it calculated?
The median is the middle four-quarter total when all 224 sitting parliamentarians are ranked: half claimed less than $647,706 and half more. Jenny McAllister’s total of $950,296 is $302,590 above the median of $647,706, which ranks 40th of 224.
Why do some parliamentarians claim much more than others?
IPEA says: “When comparing expenditure between parliamentarians, it is important to take into account the parliamentarian’s role, the size of their electorate, and their electorate’s distance from the closest capital city and Canberra.” Jenny McAllister’s largest category over the window was Employee Travel ($489,998).
Is family and nominee travel included?
Yes. Claims for travel by family members or nominees are attributed to the parliamentarian who made them and counted in their total, as in IPEA’s own totals. For Jenny McAllister this came to $0 over the window.
Expenditure data is compiled by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) and released under Creative Commons Licence (data.gov.au).
In all fairness there are some good reasons for variance in expenditure. The IPEA points out: "When comparing expenditure between parliamentarians, it is important to take into account the parliamentarian's role, the size of their electorate, and their electorate's distance from the closest capital city and Canberra. Further information on why some offices may have higher travel expenditure can be found on the IPEA website Background on Expenditure Reporting page."
Former members are not included in the totals, rankings or medians shown here.
